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Title: Theatre Curtain
Description: Photograph of the painting "Theatre Curtain" by Reginald Marsh, from the Circus in Paint Exhibition, April 1929.
Type: still image
Local Identifier: wscg0059

Title: Whitney Studio Club Office Interior [?]
Description: Photograph of the Whitney Studio Club Office Interior (?), 1925-1926.
Type: still image
Local Identifier: wscg0106

Title: The Saxaphone Player
Description: Photograph of the painting "The Saxaphone Player" by Julius Bloch, from the Circus in Paint Exhibition, April 1929.
Type: still image
Local Identifier: wscg0071

Title: Untitled Lucile Blanch 5 of 12 water colors
Description: Photograph of a painting by Lucile Blanch, from the Circus in Paint Exhibition, April 1929. Date of painting, 1925.
Type: still image
Local Identifier: wscg0065

Title: Carousel
Description: Photograph of the painting "Carousel" by Georgina Klitgaard, from the Circus in Paint Exhibition, April 1929.
Type: still image
Local Identifier: wscg0081

Title: Untitled Charles Rocher 1 of 5 paintings
Description: Photograph of a painting by Charles Rocher, from the Circus in Paint Exhibition, April 1929. Text in French on bottom of painting: "Mlle Luciany du metro circus qui fait des belles cabrioles sur les cheveaux á la foire [ole fonk] -- l'Abbè"
Type: still image
Local Identifier: wscg0074

Title: Circus in Paint Installation
Description: View 4 of 4. Photograph of the installation from the Circus in Paint Exhibition, April 1929. Decorations by Louis Bouché.
Type: still image
Local Identifier: wscg0054

Title: The Mullen Plant
Description: Photograph of the painting "The Mullen Plant" by Henry Schnakenberg from the Traveling Exhibition, 1927-1928.
Type: still image
Local Identifier: wscg0041

Title: Untitled Charles Rocher 3 of 5 paintings
Description: Photograph of a painting by Charles Rocher, from the Circus in Paint Exhibition, April 1929. Text in French on bottom of painting: "Plus fort que Rigoulot.. Mesdames et. Messieurs".
Type: still image
Local Identifier: wscg0084

Title: Untitled Charles Rocher 4 of 5 paintings
Description: Photograph of a painting by Charles Rocher, from the Circus in Paint Exhibition, April 1929. Text in French on bottom of painting: "Mademoiselle Olivia du grand Cirque Municipal qui fait si bien marcher sur une [?] sans [?]".
Type: still image
Local Identifier: wscg0085

Title: Santa Fe Landscape
Description: Photograph of the painting "Santa Fe Landscape" by Beulah Stevenson from the Traveling Exhibition, 1927-1928.
Type: still image
Local Identifier: wscg0045

Title: The Country Circus
Description: Photograph of the painting "The Country Circus" by Florence W. Ivins, from the Circus in Paint Exhibition, April 1929.
Type: still image
Local Identifier: wscg0062

Title: Industry
Description: Photograph of the painting "Industry" by Preston Dickinson, from the Traveling Exhibition, 1927-1928.
Type: still image
Local Identifier: wscg0022

Title: Spring Exhibition Installation
Description: View 4 of 13. Photograph of an installation view from the Spring Exhibition held March 17-29, 1930. This exhibition is also known as The Flower Exhibition.
Type: still image
Local Identifier: wscg0102

Title: The Opera Box
Description: Photograph of the painting "The Opera Box" by Guy Pène Du Bois, from the Traveling Exhibition, 1927-1928.
Type: still image
Local Identifier: wscg0023

Title: Polish Airmen at a Children's Party
Description: Polish Airmen Entertain Evacuees. Two Polish airmen visited Oxford some days ago and said they and their comrades felt very sorry for the bombed out children of London and Coventry now staying at Oxford. They offered to throw the little ones a party at the Poles' expense. The result was that 200 evacuees were entertained right royally in Oxford Town Hall, and the airmen acted as waiters. The Polish airmen are waiting on the evacuees that they entertained at the party.
Type: still image
Genre: photographs
Local Identifier: 701-151-005-2945-001

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1980
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Type: still image
Genre: color photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_167

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1980
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Type: still image
Genre: color photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_166

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1980
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Type: still image
Genre: color photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_165

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1980
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Type: still image
Genre: color photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_164

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1980
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Type: still image
Genre: color photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_163

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1980
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Type: still image
Genre: color photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_162

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1980
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Type: still image
Genre: color photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_161

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1980
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Type: still image
Genre: color photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_160

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1980
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Type: still image
Genre: color photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_159

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1980
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.
Type: still image
Genre: color photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_158

Title: GSMT President Portrait, Gerard Drohan, Sr.
Description: Gerard Drohan, Sr. (1932-2006); Initiated 1972; Trade: Plumber. A native of Yonkers, Gerard Drohan served in the United States Army for two years during the Korean Conflict. After discharge, Mr. Drohan began a career as a plumber. He graduated from the Mechanics Institute in 1961, earning the George E. Hoe Award for outstanding performance. Upon graduation, Mr. Drohan was chosen as an instructor for the Mechanics Institute, continuing in this capacity until 1982. As a General Society member, Gerard Drohan also served for over thirty years as the member or chairman of multiple committees. He was awarded the General Society Founders Day Medal in 2005. As a member of the New York City Plumbers Union #1, he was involved with all phases of plumbing, including service as the Superintendent of NYC Main Water Tunnel #3.
Type: still image
Genre: portraits
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_364

Title: GSMT President Portrait, Gerard A. Dengel
Description: Gerard A. Dengel (1925-1994); Initated: 1972; Trade: Hoisting Engineer. A native of Brooklyn and a United States Navy Veteran, Gerard A. Dengel was a machinist and mechanic who became the Director of Research and Education for the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union #14. As well as holding the office of vice president in 1981, Mr. Dengel served the General Society on many other Standing Committees throughout a period of 17 years. Most notably these included the chairmanships of the Literary Committee (1973, 1975-78), Executive Committee (1981), Finance Committee (1983) and Museum Committee (1984-1986). In 1974, he served as a faculty member for the Xavier Institute of Industrial Relations at 30 West 16th Street in Manhattan, as a lecturer in Parliamentary Procedure and Philosophy of Labor Relations classes. Additional civic involvement included membership in The Order of AHEPA and the New York Athletic Club.
Type: still image
Genre: portraits
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_363

Title: GSMT Independence Day Broadside, 1982
Description: Broadside program for GSMT's commemoration of Declaration of Independence held on July 7, 1982.
Type: text, still image
Genre: broadsides (notices)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_039

Title: GSMT Independence Day Broadside, 1981
Description: Broadside program for GSMT's commemoration of Declaration of Independence held on July 1, 1981.
Type: text, still image
Genre: broadsides (notices)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_038

Title: GSMT Founders Day Celebration Program, 1980
Description: Souvenir program for GSMT's Founders Day celebration activities, marking the founding of the society on November 17, 1785. 22 Mechanics and Tradesmen from various trades came together and called themselves 'The General Committee of Mechanics'. The name General Society for Mechanics and Tradesmen was used as early as 1786 and was officially adopted when the Charter was granted in 1790. The celebration was held on November 14, 1980 at Terrace on the Park in Queens, New York.
Type: text, still image
Genre: souvenir programs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_140

Title: GSMT Founders Day Celebration Program, 1985
Description: Souvenir program for GSMT's Founders Day celebration activities, marking the founding of the society on November 17, 1785. 22 Mechanics and Tradesmen from various trades came together and called themselves 'The General Committee of Mechanics'. The name General Society for Mechanics and Tradesmen was used as early as 1786 and was officially adopted when the Charter was granted in 1790. The celebration was held on November 22, 1985 at Salisbury on the Green, Eisenhower Park, East Meadow, Long Island, New York.
Type: text, still image
Genre: souvenir programs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_137

Title: GSMT Independence Day Celebration Program, 1980
Description: Souvenir program for GSMT's Independence Day celebrations, held on July 2, 1980, which included music, readings and a patriotic address.
Type: text, still image
Genre: souvenir programs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_139

Title: GSMT Independence Day Celebration Program, 1984
Description: Souvenir program for GSMT's Independence Day celebrations, held on July 2, 1984, which included music, readings and a patriotic address.
Type: text, still image
Genre: souvenir programs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_138

Title: GSMT Independence Day Celebration Ticket, 1987
Description: Invitation to GSMT's annual celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence held on July 1, 1987.
Type: text, still image
Genre: tickets
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_136

Title: GSMT Independence Day Celebration Program, 1993
Description: Souvenir program for GSMT's Independence Day celebrations, held on July 7, 1993, which included music, readings and a patriotic address.
Type: text, still image
Genre: souvenir programs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_135

Title: GSMT Independence Day Celebration Program, 1994
Description: Souvenir program for GSMT's Independence Day celebrations, held on July 6, 1994, which included music, readings and a patriotic address.
Type: text, still image
Genre: souvenir programs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_134

Title: GSMT Independence Day Celebration Ticket, 1994
Description: Invitation to GSMT's annual celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence held on July 6, 1994.
Type: text, still image
Genre: tickets
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_133

Title: GSMT Independence Day Program, 1982
Description: Souvenir program for GSMT's Independence Day celebrations, held on July 7, 1982, which included music, readings and a patriotic address.
Type: text, still image
Genre: souvenir programs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_044

Title: GSMT Independence Day Invitation, 1981
Description: Invitation to GSMT's annual celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence held on July 1, 1981.
Type: text, still image
Genre: invitations
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_035

Title: The Greatest Mother in the World, WW1 Poster
Description: A Word War One propaganda poster depicting a Red Cross nurse cradling a wounded soldier who is laying on a stretcher. The poster was published in 1918, the year after America joined the Allied war effort.
Type: still image, text
Genre: posters
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_313

Title: Hun or Home? Buy More Liberty Bonds, WW1 Poster
Description: A World War One propaganda poster depicting a woman and child cowering away from German soldier.
Type: still image, text
Genre: posters
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_312

Title: Remember Belgium WW1 Poster
Description: A World War One propaganda poster depicting a German soldier, wearing pointed helmet, leading a girl by hand, with city burning in background. The poster was published in 1918, the year after America joined the Allied war effort.
Type: still image, text
Genre: posters
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_311

Title: Dedication of Grant's Tomb Program
Description: Official program for the dedication ceremony of the monument and tomb of Ulysses S. Grant, which is now officially known as General Grant National Memorial. It is the final resting place of Grant, 18th President of the United States and his wife, Julia Dent Grant and is located in Riverside Park, in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City. The ceremony took place on April 27, 1897.
Type: still image, text
Genre: souvenir programs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_302

Title: Mechanics' Institute Quarterly, Vol. 2 No. 2
Description: Vol. 2, No. 2. issue of Mechanics Institute Quarterly published in December, 1913.
Type: text, still image
Genre: quarterlies (publications)
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_031

Title: Prospectus of the Free School Department, 1900
Description: 1900 prospectus for the Free School Department of the Mechanics' Institute including listings of courses of instruction and a history of the Mechanics' Institute.
Type: text, still image
Genre: prospectuses
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_021

Title: GSMT Article in the Music Trades Magazine, 1905
Description: Historical sketch of General Society for Mechanics and Tradesmen in The Music Trades Magazine. Article appeared in the December 2, 1905 edition of the magazine.
Type: still image, text
Genre: articles
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_170

Title: GSMT Cemetery Plot, Cyprus Hills, 1921
Description: Photograph of GSMT plot at Cypress Hills cemetery, a non-sectarian, non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City. The photos came from a visit from some members of GSMT, dated October 11, 1921.
Type: text, still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_157

Title: GSMT Independence Day Program, 1913
Description: Souvenir program for GSMT's Independence Day celebrations, which includes a copy of the Declaration of Independence written within the shape of the Liberty Bell.
Type: text, still image
Genre: souvenir programs
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_143

Title: Reply Card to Founders Day honoring Carnegie
Description: Reply card for the Founders Day banquet honoring Mr and Mrs Carnegie. The celebration was held on November 18, 1905 at Delmonico's in New York and honored Mr and Mrs Carnegie; Andrew Carnegie, himself a member of GSMT, contributed over half a million dollars to the General Society between 1899 and 1908.
Type: still image, text
Genre: reply cards
Local Identifier: gsmt_icc_072

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